Tornadoes in Tennessee, April 3, 1998

Name: Tornadoes in Tennessee, April 3, 1998
Start: 1998-04-03T14:35
End: 1998-04-03T16:57
Location: Tennessee

April 3, 1998 · NWS OHX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 3
Property damage: $500,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 37 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:37 UTC.

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Event by event

2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Robertson

When: April 3, 2:35 PM CST to 2:45 PM CST
Where: Robertson County, Springfield to 8 mi N of Greenbrier
Rating: F2
Path length: 5.6 mi
Path width: 200 yd
Injuries: 3 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $500,000
Coordinates: 36.400, -86.930

30 homes were damaged and 7 trailers were totally destroyed. Most of the damage was on Hwy 431 in Coopertown, Reader School Rd. and also along Hwy 41 near Greenbrier. Many trees and power lines were down. One mobile home was hurled 100 yards across Hwy 431and totally destroyed. 3 were slightly injured in the mobile home.

Tornado, Pickett

When: April 3, 4:49 PM CST to 4:57 PM CST
Where: Pickett County, Byrdstown to 8 mi NNW of Byrdstown
Rating: F1
Path length: 5.5 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Coordinates: 36.620, -85.270

Local law enforcement spotted a tornado. A few trees were down.

What these are

Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Tennessee in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Tennessee, 1998 Warnings in Tennessee, April 1998

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5641239, 5641240.